Block from Le Roc-de-Sers

This boulder comes from a shallow cavity at the foot of a rock face. This naturally occurring shelter provided protection against the biting winds but not against the light, making it an attractive place to live. The sculpture of a horse is part of a frieze several metres long which would have accompanied the site’s inhabitants in their day-to-day lives. It combines volume, attention to detail and a sense of movement. On the rock face itself, a number of depictions were combined, forming scenes. The Roc-de-Sers site is located in the Roc valley, in the commune of Sers (Charente, France). It belongs to the Palaeolithic era, the first period of Prehistory, which began with the appearance of human beings and ended around 10,000 BCE.